Author: Western Publishing Company (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)Publisher:
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Category : Montrose County (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Montrose County
Author: Western Publishing Company (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)Publisher:
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Category : Montrose County (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Colorado Women in World War II
Author: Gail M. BeatonPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1646420330
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Four months before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Mildred McClellan Melville, a member of the Denver Woman’s Press Club, predicted that war would come for the United States and that its long arm would reach into the lives of all Americans. And reach it did. Colorado women from every corner of the state enlisted in the military, joined the workforce, and volunteered on the home front. As military women, they served as nurses and in hundreds of noncombat positions. In defense plants they riveted steel, made bullets, inspected bombs, operated cranes, and stored projectiles. They hosted USO canteens, nursed in civilian hospitals, donated blood, drove Red Cross vehicles, and led scrap drives; and they processed hundreds of thousands of forms and reports. Whether or not they worked outside the home, they wholeheartedly participated in a kaleidoscope of activities to support the war effort. In Colorado Women in World War II Gail M. Beaton interweaves nearly eighty oral histories—including interviews, historical studies, newspaper accounts, and organizational records—and historical photographs (many from the interviewees themselves) to shed light on women’s participation in the war, exploring the dangers and triumphs they felt, the nature of their work, and the lasting ways in which the war influenced their lives. Beaton offers a new perspective on World War II—views from field hospitals, small steel companies, ammunition plants, college classrooms, and sugar beet fields—giving a rare look at how the war profoundly transformed the women of this state and will be a compelling new resource for readers, scholars, and students interested in Colorado history and women’s roles in World War II.
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Mesa County
Author: Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Ashley County
Author: Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Smith County
Author: American Legion. Farve Baldwin Post No. 12 (Tyler, Tex.)Publisher:
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Category : Smith County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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The Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Falls County
Author: American Legion. Falls County Post no. 31 (Marlin, Tex.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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The Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Ellis County
Author: Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Gonzales County
Author: Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Bell County
Author: Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Houston County
Author: American Legion Post #134Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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